Google, ever eager to renovate the computing industry for the benefit of the Web and its own business, is working to link two nascent but potentially significant projects, its experimental Go programming language and its Chrome Web browser.

Gordon, Go's gopher mascot

Tuesday’s post on using Craigslist to buy secondhand concert tickets drew a response from a company called FanSnap, which uses Google search results to aggregate ticket listings from broker sites (such as StubHub and TicketNetwork) and eBay auctions.

FanSnap would argue Craigslist is fine for price-sensitive fans who don’t need to go to a particular show and who are willing to meet and negotiate with other individuals, pay cash where necessary, and run the risk of buying a fake ticket. (Although the only time I’ve ever seen a fake concert …

Sometimes you take a wrong turning in life and, Wednesday, a slight concussion led my eyes to fall upon the pages of PCR.
It is a little more intelligent than my normal reading matter, but I am very grateful for its interview with Simon Aldous, Microsoft’s partner group manager.
He was quoted, for example, as saying: “One of the things that people say an awful lot about the
Apple Mac is that the OS is fantastic, that it’s very graphical and easy to use.”

Perfect harmony?
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You might suffer paralysis in several digits when I tell you that there is now a dating site exclusively for those deemed gorgeous.
BeautifulPeople.com exists to protect its members from having to espy the corpulent, the disproportioned, and the downright fugly-puglies.
On its home page, next to a photograph of a quite impossibly eugenic couple, the site presents its most famous media quote: “The sexiest Web site in the world today.”
Entertainment Weekly? No, CNN.
Now, another august publication, the Telegraph, has reported some painful news from this online island of the beautiful: BeautifulPeople.com …

In a move that should please developers, Apple has added the ability to track an
iPhone application’s progress through the review process.

As Wired first noted, Apple’s Dev Center site now includes status updates for apps wending their way through the reviews queue. Apps are now noted as “waiting for review,” “in review,” or “ready for sale,” along with a time stamp.

It’s a small concession by Apple, but an important one in keeping developers in the loop. Some iPhone app makers have complained vociferously about the often frustrating process in which applications …

Advanced Micro Devices CEO Dirk Meyer on Wednesday addressed the latest antitrust lawsuit filed against Intel, saying his company’s claims about Intel’s alleged illegal behavior have been “ratified” worldwide.

AMD CEO Dirk Meyer addresses analysts on Wednesday.
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For the first time in its history, Google plans to buy back its own shares, following the completion of the AdMob acquisition.

The Wii isn't living up to its expectations.
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Making microdonations on the Web is a little harder than it once was. Many of the services I would have included in this roundup have shuttered in the past year. In fact, there are just a handful of viable such services left.
Regardless, each of the services listed below will help you connect with the charitable organization (or person) you care about most. You can choose a cause, decide how much to donate, and you’re done. It’s a really simple process. And if you’re in the mood to share, it should …

Declaring the developer sandbox phase a success, Google says the revamped search system can handle a larger audience and will soon hit its first data center.